[Update: Official statement] HTC has unpublished a lot of its Android apps from the Play Store

Back in February, we wrote about the disappearance of the HTC Mail app from the Play Store. However, it was quickly restored. More recently, we acquired a tip approximately the Sense Home launcher also vanishing, but nearer inspection suggests that a complete of 14 HTC apps were unpublished in the remaining three months. Looking at the latest HTC Corporation pastime in App Brain, we see that the Sense Home launcher and contacts app People have been unpublished simply this month. 12 more apps, including Calendar, Dot View, and Speak, suffered a comparable fate in February, while the Mail app that went and then back is once more conspicuous by its absence.

A few of the unpublished apps hadn’t been up to date in months, so it’s probable they absolutely were not being used or supported any further and consequently had no cause to still be at the Play Store. However, apps like Mail, Contacts, and People are supposedly key alternative apps that come preinstalled on HTC devices, so it’s a little peculiar to see the ones removed. It’s not clear exactly why that is going on. However, there are some feasible motives. HTC’s telephone commercial enterprise hasn’t been doing all that well in current years.

Assisting a bunch of apps that few human beings are using does not make plenty feel. There are nonetheless masses more apps from the Taiwanese business enterprise nevertheless stay at the Play Store. Perhaps the new phones HTC planned to release in 2019 will deliver with Android One, consequently removing the want for its very own inventory apps altogether. Taking a leaf out of HMD Global/Nokia’s e-book wouldn’t be the worst concept. However, this is all speculation, and I’ve reached to HTC to peer if we will get any reliable phrase on the matter.